Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320

JORDAN LAZIC CLINCHES CHAMPIONSHIP IN CONGRUITY NHRA PRO MOD SERIES AT LAS VEGAS

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 3, 2024) – In a winner-take-all semifinal matchup in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by LearnEV+, Jordan Lazic defeated Kris Thorne on Sunday at The Strip at...

PROCK SETS SINGLE-SEASON NO. 1 QUALIFIER RECORD IN FUNNY CAR; B. FORCE, ANDERSON & HERRERA ALSO TAKE TOP SPOTS AT FORD PERFORMANCE NHRA NATIONALS

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 2, 2024) – Funny Car points leader Austin Prock broke John Force’s record for most No. 1 qualifiers in a single season on Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway,...

230 MPH ROLLOVER During The Wild Qualifying Day #1 At World Cup Finals 2024 Import Vs Domestics

They should call this year’s World Cup Finals the carnage nationals if Day 1 is any indication of what is to come. If you watch the video, or any of the posts on social media, it seems like...

Drag Car HISTORY: The Hot Rod Hoarder Shares The Story of the Only Surviving 1969 Olds W-31 Factory-Built Drag Car, And It’s A Good One!

We are as guilty as anyone of romanticizing the cars and trucks of the 1960s, and in some ways probably more than they deserve, but this story here might actually make a 1969 Olds W-31 convertible an...

Dylan McCool’s Forgotten Dart V8 Four Speed Goes Drag Racing! Will It Survive? Probably Not, But It Sure Will Be Fun!

Okay, that’s not fair, because in all reality I am not sure that I’ve seen Dylan at one of the events in Bowling Green where he hurt something bad enough to not survive the weekend. I...

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Inaugural GALOT 250 Bracket Race Is On With $20,000 To Win Saturday!

Dan Fletcher has entered the promotion game and is putting on the GALOT 250! This event is a single entry event, limited to 250 cars, and has a $20,000 to win prize both Friday and Saturday. If you...

Great Video! Watch Tommy Ivo Drive The Four Engine Wagon Master In 1996!

Frank Kunkel is one of the hardest hustling video guys out there. He has been cranking video content since way before it was cool and that includes the long, lost days of 1996 and we’re...

Here’s The 1320Video 2024 Ice Cream Cruise Official Aftermovie!

I’ve only been to one Ice Cream Cruise, and it was totally a freak coincidence that I was in town at the time since I had been at a race in Kansas City that got rained out for the day. I...

Two Thing: Check Out The Build Of This Two Cylinder Engine From A Pair Of One Lungers!

The other day we showed you basically the pinnacle of American engine building with a look inside the shop of Sandy Wilkins and the build of a secretive and complex variant of the RY45 V8. Today we...

Watch This SB2 Headed Small Block Turn 10,000 RPM and Crank Out 950 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower

The SB2 Chevy small block may be old news in NASCAR but it has a thriving second life on the drag strip with more and more of them being employed by racers running in classes like Competition...

Hemi History: This Debut Video Featuring The Red Ram Hemi Is Awesome

It was an engine that would change the face of American hot rodding, but like all new engines debuted by a manufacturer, it was at first a mechanical ox, yoked to factory metal. Like all new stuff...

Engine Magic: Watch This Video About Bringing A Buick Stage II IndyCar engine Back to Life On The Dyno!

This is one of the neatest engine videos we have seen in a long, long time. Why? It is all about bringing a Buick Stage II IndyCar engine back to life on the dyno…in Australia. The engine was...

Watch And Listen To A 527ci Stroker FE Engine Scream Out 811hp On The Dyno

Barry Rabotnik’s name is no stranger to the pages of BangShift. He’s one of the best known engine building specialists for Ford’s vaunted FE family of engines in the country and...

LEGENDARY Racers and Cars at Brainerd Nostalgia Drag Race! Cool Nostalgia! Super Stocks, Pro Stocks, And More!

Old drag cars are awesome! You can call them nostalgic, vintage, whatever you want, but they are awesome. Take the Loose Caboose Road Runner, for example, and just look at how cool this car is today...